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Unforgiven (2001)
The 2001 Unforgiven was the fourth annual Unforgiven professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on September 23, 2001, at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the final Unforgiven event held under the WWF name as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. It was also the last Unforgiven held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship. Alliance representative Stone Cold Steve Austin defended the title against WWF representative Kurt Angle. Angle defeated Austin to win the title by forcing him to submit to the Ankle Lock. Other prominent matches were The Rock versus Booker T and Shane McMahon in a Handicap match for the WCW Championship, and Rob Van Dam versus Chris Jericho for the WWF Hardcore Championship.
The undercard featured Tajiri versus Rhyno for the WCW United States Championship, Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) versus KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) for the WCW Tag Team Championship, Edge versus Christian for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and Perry Saturn versus Raven. The night kicked off with Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) versus Big Show and Spike Dudley, Lance Storm and The Hurricane, and Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.
Unforgiven was first held by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as the 21st In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) in April 1998. Following the discontinuation of the In Your House series in February 1999, Unforgiven branched off as its own PPV in September that year, becoming the WWF's annual September PPV. The 2001 event was the fourth event in the Unforgiven chronology, and took place on September 23 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The professional wrestling matches at Unforgiven featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Storylines between the characters played out on WWF's primary television programs, Raw Is War, and SmackDown!.
The predominant rivalry heading into Unforgiven was between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle over the WWF Championship. At SummerSlam, Angle challenged Austin for the WWF Championship, but in the end, Austin intentionally got disqualified in his title defense against Angle by attacking several referees. As a result, Austin retained the title. The following night, on Raw is War, Austin held an "appreciation night" on retaining the title against Angle, and was appreciated by several members of The Alliance. However, Angle interrupted the appreciation night, and ruined it by entering in a milk truck, and spraying milk on all the Alliance members. On the August 27 edition of Raw is War, Austin stole Angle's Olympic gold medals after a tag team match pitting Angle and Chris Jericho against the WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam and Tazz.[unreliable source] Austin went on to throw Angle's medals into the Detroit River. On the September 3 edition of Raw is War, Angle threatened to throw Austin into a river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada if he did not give him a WWF Championship rematch at Unforgiven. Austin agreed to defend the title against Angle in a rematch at Unforgiven. Angle then told Austin that he was still going in the water, and proved his point by shoving Austin into a kiddie pool.[unreliable source]
Another predominant rivalry heading into Unforgiven was between The Rock and the team of Booker T and Shane McMahon over the WCW Championship. The Rock returned to the WWF on the July 30, 2001 edition of Raw Is War, where he chose to align himself with the WWF instead of The Alliance for The Invasion.[unreliable source?] This action was shown by The Rock delivering a Rock Bottom, and the People's Elbow onto Shane McMahon, The Alliance leader. At SummerSlam, The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship. On the August 27 edition of Raw is War, McMahon announced that The Rock would defend the title against Rhyno later in the night, but The Rock challenged McMahon to a match, which McMahon initially accepted before escaping. The Rock would retain the title against Rhyno. On the August 30 edition of SmackDown!, Booker T and McMahon cost The Rock and Chris Jericho a tag team match against the WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam and Rhyno.[unreliable source] On the September 4 episode of SmackDown!, McMahon announced that The Rock would defend the title against Booker T and himself in a Handicap match at Unforgiven.[unreliable source] The following week on Raw Is War, The Rock lost to Stephanie and Test in a handicap match due to interference by Shane McMahon and Booker T.
On three occasions, Chris Jericho and the WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam wrestled each other in several tag team matches with different partners. This eventually led to a title defense for Van Dam against Jericho at Unforgiven.
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Unforgiven (2001)
The 2001 Unforgiven was the fourth annual Unforgiven professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on September 23, 2001, at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the final Unforgiven event held under the WWF name as the promotion was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in May 2002. It was also the last Unforgiven held before the introduction of the brand extension in March 2002.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF Championship. Alliance representative Stone Cold Steve Austin defended the title against WWF representative Kurt Angle. Angle defeated Austin to win the title by forcing him to submit to the Ankle Lock. Other prominent matches were The Rock versus Booker T and Shane McMahon in a Handicap match for the WCW Championship, and Rob Van Dam versus Chris Jericho for the WWF Hardcore Championship.
The undercard featured Tajiri versus Rhyno for the WCW United States Championship, Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) versus KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) for the WCW Tag Team Championship, Edge versus Christian for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and Perry Saturn versus Raven. The night kicked off with Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) versus Big Show and Spike Dudley, Lance Storm and The Hurricane, and Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship.
Unforgiven was first held by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) as the 21st In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) in April 1998. Following the discontinuation of the In Your House series in February 1999, Unforgiven branched off as its own PPV in September that year, becoming the WWF's annual September PPV. The 2001 event was the fourth event in the Unforgiven chronology, and took place on September 23 at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The professional wrestling matches at Unforgiven featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre-determined by the hosting promotion, World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Storylines between the characters played out on WWF's primary television programs, Raw Is War, and SmackDown!.
The predominant rivalry heading into Unforgiven was between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle over the WWF Championship. At SummerSlam, Angle challenged Austin for the WWF Championship, but in the end, Austin intentionally got disqualified in his title defense against Angle by attacking several referees. As a result, Austin retained the title. The following night, on Raw is War, Austin held an "appreciation night" on retaining the title against Angle, and was appreciated by several members of The Alliance. However, Angle interrupted the appreciation night, and ruined it by entering in a milk truck, and spraying milk on all the Alliance members. On the August 27 edition of Raw is War, Austin stole Angle's Olympic gold medals after a tag team match pitting Angle and Chris Jericho against the WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam and Tazz.[unreliable source] Austin went on to throw Angle's medals into the Detroit River. On the September 3 edition of Raw is War, Angle threatened to throw Austin into a river in Toronto, Ontario, Canada if he did not give him a WWF Championship rematch at Unforgiven. Austin agreed to defend the title against Angle in a rematch at Unforgiven. Angle then told Austin that he was still going in the water, and proved his point by shoving Austin into a kiddie pool.[unreliable source]
Another predominant rivalry heading into Unforgiven was between The Rock and the team of Booker T and Shane McMahon over the WCW Championship. The Rock returned to the WWF on the July 30, 2001 edition of Raw Is War, where he chose to align himself with the WWF instead of The Alliance for The Invasion.[unreliable source?] This action was shown by The Rock delivering a Rock Bottom, and the People's Elbow onto Shane McMahon, The Alliance leader. At SummerSlam, The Rock defeated Booker T to win the WCW Championship. On the August 27 edition of Raw is War, McMahon announced that The Rock would defend the title against Rhyno later in the night, but The Rock challenged McMahon to a match, which McMahon initially accepted before escaping. The Rock would retain the title against Rhyno. On the August 30 edition of SmackDown!, Booker T and McMahon cost The Rock and Chris Jericho a tag team match against the WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam and Rhyno.[unreliable source] On the September 4 episode of SmackDown!, McMahon announced that The Rock would defend the title against Booker T and himself in a Handicap match at Unforgiven.[unreliable source] The following week on Raw Is War, The Rock lost to Stephanie and Test in a handicap match due to interference by Shane McMahon and Booker T.
On three occasions, Chris Jericho and the WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam wrestled each other in several tag team matches with different partners. This eventually led to a title defense for Van Dam against Jericho at Unforgiven.